The site received this somewhat surreal phone call over the weekend. "I hope you're enjoying our Godfather II press kit, including the novelty brass knuckles. To help you take proper care to dispose of the item, we're sending you a pre-paid shipping package," a company representative said over the phone. No further comment could be pried from the company.

The idea of sending actual brass knuckles to members of the gaming press was a bad one, but it looks even sillier to claim the metal weapons are novelty items and then ask for them back. It's hard to know how all this madness made it past the legal department, or if a PR person simply became overzealous, but it looks like this story will come to an end with no brass knuckle-assisted brawls at E3 this year.